USS John Warner (SSN-785)

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USS John Warner (SSN-785)
Commissioning of USS John Warner (SSN-785) - Manning the rails.jpg
John Warner during the commissioning ceremony.
History
United States
Namesake: John Warner
Awarded: 22 December 2008
Builder: GD Electric Boat and HII Newport News
Laid down: 16 March 2013
Sponsored by: Jeanne Warner
Christened: 6 September 2014
Launched: 10 September 2014
Commissioned: 1 August 2015
Homeport: Naval Station Norfolk
Identification: SSN-785
Motto: Legati ad Defendam Libertatem ("On a Mission to Protect Freedom")
Status: in active service, as of 2024[1]
Badge: USS John Warner SSN 785.png
General characteristics
Class & type: Virginia-class submarine
Displacement: 7,800 tonnes (7,700 long tons)
Length: 114.9 m (377 ft)
Beam: 10.3 m (34 ft)
Installed power: S9G reactor; 33 year service life[2]
Propulsion: Pump-jet propulsor 40,000 shp (30,000 kW)[3]
Speed: 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph)[4]
Range: Essentially unlimited distance
Complement: 132 Sailors
Crew: 15 Officers and 117 Enlisted [1]
Armament:

12 × VLS (BGM-109 Tomahawk cruise missile) &

4 × 533mm torpedo tubes (Mk-48 torpedo)

USS John Warner (SSN-785) is a Virginia-class submarine. It is the first in the class to be named after a person; the first 11 Virginia-class subs were named after states.[5] John Warner was originally to be built by the Electric Boat division of General Dynamics in Groton, Connecticut but the contract was later transferred to Huntington Ingalls Industries Newport News Shipbuilding. This ship is the second of the Block III subs, which will have a revised bow and some technology from Ohio-class cruise missile submarines.[6] The vessel supports 40 weapons, special operations forces, unmanned undersea vehicles, Advanced SEAL Delivery System (ASDS).

The name was announced on 8 January 2009, five days after John Warner, a Republican from Virginia, retired after serving 30 years as a United States Senator.[7] John Warner is one of a few U.S. Navy vessels to be named for a living person, and only the third American nuclear-powered submarine with this distinction, after the USS Hyman G. Rickover (SSN-709), a Los Angeles-class submarine, and USS Jimmy Carter (SSN-23), a Seawolf-class submarine.

Construction began on 29 April 2009 with the keel laying ceremony being held on 16 March 2013. Because of the modular construction sequence, the submarine was reportedly already about 59% complete before the official keel laying.[8] The submarine was christened on 6 September 2014.[9]

John Warner was commissioned on 1 August 2015 with Commander Dan Caldwell as the Commanding Officer.[10][11]

References

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